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SleeplessinSoCal

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12. So it is Ayn Rand that comes off better than Flannery O'Connor?

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 07:10 PM

Jun 2014

Urban Dictionary:

throw shade
to talk trash about a friend or aquaintance, to publicly denounce or disrespect. When throwing shade it's immediately obvious to on-lookers that the thrower, and not the throwee, is the bitcy, uncool one
"How does Kimmy keep any friends? Last night at the party all she did was throw shade at people."

I'm so confused.

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Flannery O’Connor Throwing Shade at Ayn Rand in 1960 [View all] ismnotwasm Jun 2014 OP

Great comment, and TRUE. BillZBubb Jun 2014 #1

Oh yes ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #4

So true. K&R nt brer cat Jun 2014 #2

Superb critique of the Rand mystique. Dark n Stormy Knight Jun 2014 #3

I LOVE Flannery O'Conner BainsBane Jun 2014 #5

I know right? ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #6

She was brilliant. redqueen Jun 2014 #8

I love her stuff too. Guess we all have good taste. nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #17

Kinda like the bone china calling the Tupperware tacky. argyl Jun 2014 #7

They are all in my book, which is called "Three By Flannery O'Connor." RiffRandell Jun 2014 #20

"Throwing shade"? SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2014 #9

"Throwing shade" - not cool! GarColga Jun 2014 #10

So it is Ayn Rand that comes off better than Flannery O'Connor? SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2014 #12

What you like Rand? ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #13

No GarColga Jun 2014 #15

Ah I get it ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #16

Casting Umbrage PeoViejo Jun 2014 #11

Flannery O'Connor would rip the still beating heart out of an Ayn Rand character Generic Other Jun 2014 #14

"She makes Mickey Spillane look like Dostoevsky." nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #18

Huge Flannery O'Connor fan. RiffRandell Jun 2014 #19